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Magazines

Login here with your library card barcode for access to Consumer Reports.org which provides instant, unlimited access to Consumer Reports’ unbiased ratings and recommendations of products and services.

Gale General OneFile is a one-stop source for news, magazine, and periodical articles across a wide range of general interest topics and academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, General OneFile serves a wide audience of readers (login with your library card barcode and PIN).

Gale Academic OneFile is a comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-use resource for serious academic research (login with your library card barcode and PIN).

Login here with your library card barcode and PIN for access to the digital collection of over 1,000 magazines or click on the links below to go directly to these popular titles (login with your library card barcode and PIN):

A collection of home improvement focused titles. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

This collection focuses on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture.

Business and entrepreneurial insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

The Culinary Arts collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines, culinary journals and several Delmar Reference titles. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

this collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.

Useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course.

Newspapers

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Gale Newsstand: Contains over 1,100 newspapers, 33 of which are New York State newspapers, including the Albany Times Union, New York Times, Newsday, Buffalo News, Post-Standard (Syracuse), Watertown Daily Times, Times Herald-Record (Middletown) and others.

Digital New York Times & Journal News
Digital microfilm of the Putnam/Westchester area of The Journal News from 2010 to the current year, and The New York Times from 2008 to the current year.

National Newspaper Index from Gale: Contains indexing of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and The Washington Post.

Historical Newspapers

Historical New York Times from ProQuest. This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Coverage: 1851 – 2011

Historical materials from New York State’s Hudson River Valley including the following newspapers:

Newburgh Telegraph (1831-1835)
Rockland County Journal (1850-1879)
Rockland County Messenger (1848;1851-1855;1857)
Rockland County Times (1902-1904)
The Kingston Daily Freeman (1895;1903-1912)
Vassar Miscellany News (1914-2000)

Job & Career Help

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A premier job search, reference, and mailing list database.

Includes 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals, and much more.

For sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends & relatives, and much more.

Expert Resumé Help: Live one-on-one help; submit your resumé to the Resumé Lab and get expert analysis within 24 hours.

Interview & Job Search Help: Practice interviewing with live one-on-one help; online job search sites. Also includes resume templates to help you write your resume; tips to answer tough interview questions and links to job search sites.

The Adult Learning Center features test preparation (including High School Equivalency and U.S. citizenship preparation), writing assistance, and study tools for math, reading and writing. One-on-one academic coaching.

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Testing & Education Reference Center Learn how to pursue a new career and gain advice on resumes, cover letters, interviews, and networking. Build an attention grabbing resume and prepare for certification exams for some of the most popular careers. Practice for the GED® or find the graduate school that is right for you, search for scholarships and prepare for admission exams including the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MAT, and MCAT.

Job Express: Current job openings in New York State

Finding the right career can be a daunting and high stakes task: finding an appropriate institution of learning, job searching, and maintaining a career are all topics covered by this collection, providing current and applicable content for all vocational milestones. Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Students and aspiring professionals can find information on what it takes to land their perfect career, from picking the right school all the way to climbing the company ladder. This comprehensive resource guides individuals through each of the steps they need to take to begin, further, or change their career path.

Homework Resources - databases, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Britannica Academic combines Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools providing the variety of reliable sources that college students need to consult when conducting thorough collegiate research—all from one resource. Written by Nobel laureates, historians, curators, professors, and other notable experts.
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Britannica School – High Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites.

Britannica School – Middle Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites.

Britannica School – Elementary Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites.

Testing & Education Reference Center Build a solid foundation for your future by achieving success in high school. Prepare for high school entrance and exit exams, search for private schools, prepare for AP tests. Practice for the SAT, PSAT, and ACT and use our scholarship and college search to assist you in getting into the college of your dreams. Then gain college credit for what you already know by preparing for the CLEP and DSST exams.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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Covers today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.
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Research in Context

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Offers magazines, newspapers, primary sources, over 12,000 videos and more on a variety of topics. Supports national and state curriculum standards in language arts, social studies and science.
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Diversity Studies Collection

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For social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection of more than 150 journals explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community.

World Book is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

EBSCOs Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a wide variety of subject areas.

Kids InfoBits contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.
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Additional Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd edition: Vol. 1 – 23 (2004) | Vol. 24 (2005 Supplement) | Vol. 25 (2005 Supplement) | Vol. 26 (2006 Supplement) | Vol. 27 (2007 Supplement)

Encyclopedia of Multicultural America

Encyclopedia of Population

UXL Encyclopedia of Science

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations

Business Information

AtoZdatabases
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A premier job search, reference, and mailing list database.
Includes 2.3 million job listings, 30 million business profiles, 1.1 million healthcare professionals, and much more.
For sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends & relatives, and much more.

Morningstar Investment Research Center
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Stock and mutual fund information from Morningstar.com.
Current and historical quotes for over 90,000 investments, and in-depth analysis for nearly 7,000 mutual funds and stocks.
Company and industry information and financial education tutorials.

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Contains over 3,900 magazines and journals, nearly 25,000 industry reports, nearly 11,000 company histories and nearly 500,000 company profiles. Easy access to in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products. You can:
Easily research companies, industries and business topics in the context of timely news and reports (See Company Finder).
Instantly analyze and compare financial and statistical data with interactive charting tools (See Interactive Comparison Charts).
Utilize data from Gale staple publications, including International Directory of Company Histories, Market Share Reporter, Business Rankings Annual, Encyclopedia of American Industries and many others.
Access company profiles and industry rankings, as well as brand and product information (See Industries).
Access SWOT reports, financial analysis tools, business associations, investment reports and market research reports.
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Perfect for entrepreneurs and business schools, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

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From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field. Key subjects covered include: advertising and public relations, literature and writing, linguistics, and many more.

Login to the Computer Database
Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology.

Travel eBooks

Travel eBook Collection

Downloadable travel eBooks published by Eyewitness & Rough Guides.

Legal Information

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Westlaw is an online legal research service. It provides quick, easy access to West’s vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records, and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.

Learn a New Skill

Login here with your library card barcode and PIN. Mango languages gives you anytime, anywhere access to a fast, easy, effective language learning system that teaches real conversation skills for practical communication.

Lessons are available in over 45 foreign languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Irish and more) and 15 English as a Second Language (ESL) courses. Your library card gives you access to Mango Basic & Mango Complete:

Basic teaches simple, practical skills for common, polite conversation situations in only a few short hours.
Complete 2.0 teaches in-depth and comprehensive language and grammar skills.
Complete 1.0 courses are aimed at students who want to move beyond basic language skills.

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You can register for as many courses as you would like. After registering, you will receive access to a student portal, where you can track your progress through each course you sign up for.

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History & Genealogy

The 2000’s in America
This reference work covers the impact of the first decade of the twenty-first century, including the most significant people, institutions, events, and developments spanning both the United States and Canada. It contains more than 400 alphabetically arranged essays that cover the full breadth of North American history and culture throughout the decade.

The Sixties in America
The Sixties in America compiles the history of this significant decade in the United States and Canada, searchable by subject or keyword.

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Coverage of both the current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. Useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.

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Coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. Useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.

Hudson River Valley Heritage Historical materials from New York State’s Hudson River Valley including the following newspapers:

Newburgh Telegraph (1831 – 1835)
Rockland County Journal (1850 – 1879)
Rockland County Messenger (1848;1851 – 1855;1857)
Rockland County Times (1902 – 1904)
The Kingston Daily Freeman (1895;1903 – 1912)
Vassar Miscellany News (1914 – 2000)

Local History

Ancestry Library
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A user-friendly tool for all sorts of genealogical searches.

Heritage Quest
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Family records and local histories, including U.S. Federal census data, family, banking, and military records, genealogies, local histories, and more. Primary source materials new content added weekly.

General Genealogy

Hudson Valley Resources

New York State Resources

Historical Newspapers and Microfilm Collections

Immigration Resources

Health Information

Login to Health Reference Center
Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, etc…

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Explore what makes people tick from childhood to death. This collection of 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops — and diminishes — over time.

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All aspects of the Nursing profession — from direct patient care to health care administration — are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Science Information

Gale General Science is a collection of over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments.

UXL Encyclopedia of Science is an alphabetically organized set that opens up the entire world of science in clear, nontechnical language. Topics profiled are related to the physical, life, and earth sciences, as well as to math, psychology, engineering, technology, and the environment.

Fix Your Car

Access to the full Chilton Manual for every domestic and foreign automobile and light truck.

Includes exclusive diagnostics designed by instructors, step-by-step repair procedures, photographs, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) maintenance schedules, wiring diagrams, recalls and Technical Service Bulletins (TSBs) and more:

Parts finder: Direct integration with eBay Motors helps users locate hard-to-find parts
Models: Repair, maintenance and specification tables provide critical data on thousands of domestic and imported models from 1940 onward. No other source contains more years, makes and models
Simplicity: Detailed, step-by-step instructions reduce the need to use multiple sources of repair information designed for the “do-it-yourselfer” (DIYer)
In-depth information: Contains diagnostic trouble codes, descriptions, probable causes, step-by-step routines, specifications, and troubleshooting guide to ensure that even advanced DIYers have all the information they need to complete the repair
Multimedia Content: Exclusive videos and animated graphics help to explain system operations providing added clarity and comprehension
Diagrams: Vacuum and wiring diagrams help explain complex system operation during troubleshooting
Updating: Unlike printed books, the information on ChiltonLibrary.com is updated on a monthly basis, ensuring the most current and up-to-date information available

Literature

The Literature section of Gale’s Virtual Reference Library provides researchers with 24/7 access to rich analysis, context and criticism, plus author biographies, on the most frequently studied works of classic and contemporary literature. MPL card is needed.

Magill’s Literary Annual

Magill’s Literary Annual evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature and works of interest to general readers published from 1976 to the present. MPL card is needed.

MASTERPLOTS

Use Masterplots to find plot synopses, character analyses, and critical evaluations of a comprehensive selection of world literature, including drama, novels, short fiction, and poetry. MPL card is needed.

NoveList is a leading electronic fiction resource. It provides enhanced subject access to more than 125,000 fiction titles. You can find fiction titles, access author read-alikes, browse lists based on genre or awards, read and use feature articles, guides, and more. MPL card is needed.

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